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DoppelgangergangSpyroForum Member

Age: 17Joined: 15 Feb 2008Posts: 5033Location: Ontario, Canada

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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:42 am Post subject: HOWTO: Make a hidden storage disk!

NOTICE:

Okay, I'm getting sick of this. Every now and then, someone brings this up and says reference to 18+ content.

I even saw a website with photoshops of my computer displaying 18+ content. They even twist the story,

saying I have 18+ content. In reality, I DO NOT hold thise things. This is extremely depressing and...

YOU KNOW HOW DARN DEGRADING IT IS!?

Those people who run those website cracking mature jokes over this project is a total jerk. It's giving me a bad

name and it ruins the innocence of this site. And it hurts me too! I even saw one website completely TWIST the

story and make this a facility for hiding bad content. It's STUPID and extremely annoying.

POSTING REFERENCES TO MATURE CONTENT = PERMABAN

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UPDATE: These "pr0n" people keep annoyng us. That's it. GUEST POSTING... CLOSED!

I never anticipated the amount of BS this little project can do.

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HOWTO: Make a hidden storage disk!

Okay, so I have some friends who really like to take a look at my files. Sure, I can hide them. But what if my parents will

look at my PC? Oh, no. Not that I have "mature" content on my PC, but I have written all the crap that gets in my mind

there.

So I decided to build this today. To keep my data safe.

Time taken (for me): 1 hour

Estimated Difficulty: Medium to Hard

Reference for Pinouts:

http://pinouts.ru/Slots/USB_pinout.shtml

Note: I am going to post these instructions on BenHeck and for my friends in the Philippines and hopefully Engadget will

feature it. So we can have people looking around here and to help them too.

topic - HOWTO: Make a hidden storage disk! http://www.spyroforum.com/post-114692.htm

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LEGAL DISCLAIMER: THIS HOWTO IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OF FUN ONLY. I AM, IN NO WAY, GOING TO

BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT YOUR MISTAKES MAY CAUSE. I ALSO AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU

BLOW UP YOUR COMPUTER, YOURSELF, YOUR DOG, YOUR HOUSE, OR EVEN BLOW THE CRAP OUT OF YOUR

TOILET.

Sorry about the disclaimer, because I know there are people who like to sue others for their mistakes.

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I had this unused phone line output near my laptop. I heard that the previous resident of the house used it for his dial up

connection. Sorry, but 28.8 kilobit dial up for me is over. I'm rocking the 1024 Kilobit HiSpeed Cable. I was not using it,

so I decided it will make a perfect hiding place.

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Here's the stuff I will use. The small circuit board up there is a PNY 4GB USB Drive. I cracked the plastic case off. It will be

the "storage" device. Right next to it is a scissors. Left of the USB drive is an IDE Ribbon Cable. This "ribbon" of wires is

pulled from a dead computer. It's not really thatcritical, but I used it for convenience. At the bottom is a 30 Watt

Soldering Iron. These things get hot enough to MELT metal, so be safe when handling this. It will be used to melt metal.


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The liquid metal will then flow to the bare connections, securing them. This is called soldering.

Oh, I forgot to photograph the Duct Tape, USB Wire, Telephone wire and Screwdriver.

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I used scissors to cut four strands of wiring from the r ibbon cable.

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I taped stuff down so they don't move around. Here, I am heating the soldering iron to prepare to solder the connections to

the USB drive. A USB port has 4 separate connections. That's why I needed four strands of ribbon cable.

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Testing if it works with the USB cable. (more on it later.)

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Okay, since the "core" of the project is done, now it's time to take a screwdriver to the plug and unscrew it. The screws are

fairly long, so don't lose them.

AND FOR CRIKE'S SAKE, PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO UNSCREW THAT POWER PLUG! YOU'LL GET A NASTY JOLT IF

YOU DO SO!

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Open Sesame! Don't worry. The wires will not shock you.

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Plug removed.

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I taped the exposed copper and stuffed the wires back into the recess.

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Cover the hole with a box, just in case someone goes in.

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Take a phone line wire and clip it. It must have FOUR pins.

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Now to make the connector cable. I took a USB cable and clipped it to size. Then I took the phone wire. I exposed the wiringon both connectors. You should see these wires.

USB CABLE:

RED

WHITE

GREEN

BLACK

PHONE WIRE:

RED

ORANGE

GREEN

BLACK

NOTE: Leave the phone wire longer. The reason is that the phone wire is brittle and can easily break. It is infuriating to work

with.

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Heating up the iron. This takes a while.

The metallic cylindrical shaped spool of wire is called soldering lead. I had this for three years and I haven't used it all up

yet. Eventually, I will but...

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The metal wire melts to coat the wires to bond them together.

Bond the:

RED wire to the RED wire.

WHITE wire to the ORANGE wire.

GREEN wire to the GREEN wire

BLACK wire to the BLACK wire

Triple check the connections for safety.

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Take some tape and insulate the wires individually. Make sure no wire is touching another!


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The patch cable is DONE!

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Now to test if it works. Plug the Phone Line in first, then the USB Cable to the computer.

Gasp! The amber light is ON!

It's working!


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Looks like any other phone line, no?

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It's WORKING!

I see my files.


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DARK SPYRO!!!

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FINAL THOUGHTS:

It works very well. Just take the patch cable away, and we are fine and dandy. It looks like any other phone jack, but it IS a

secret data device!

Heh... Now, what to put in it? Hmm... I don't know.

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Transfer rates: (Using DiskBench)

Read: 2.883 MB/s

Write: 1.183 MB/s

Slow, but working.

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MetalHeadSpyroForum Member

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Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 12:44 am Post subject:

Wow, . . . that's . . . . complicated.

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DoppelgangergangSpyroForum Member

Age: 17Joined: 15 Feb 2008Posts: 5033Location: Ontario, Canada

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MetalHead wrote:

Wow, . . . that's . . . . complicated.

Well, I just needed to hide stuff.

AND, I haven't practiced my soldering for SIX MONTHS! They are getting rusty.

EDIT: Posted on Benheck here: HERE.

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bmahSpyroForum Member

Age: 20Joined: 19 Dec 2007Posts: 905


Hoooooly crap! You should be a technician.

Big kudos to you for making this guide and for finding your own way of increasing file security.


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Age: 15Joined: 21 May 2006Posts: 3663Location: BC, Canada (Eh!)

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Ever heard of TrueCrypt?

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Ayumi_the_Dark_WolfSpyroForum Member

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Uhm....no....but i praise you Doppel! you are probably 2nd smartest here! (SR is first, he might get mad....lol)

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Its a nice tutorial, but id say save yourself the trouble and just install truecrypt.

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DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TROUBLE I"D GET INTO?! ..not to mention I'm ALREADY in trouble for trying to tinker with my

PS3's harddrive and trying to get high speed dial up!but hey..great tutorial..no.1 smartest..I'm not scared either!And I must

say..you MUST of used to work in construction at some point(for a little summer job)I am going away this whole summmer


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to make some cash in ALabama with my uncle...but anyways..what are the requirements to do this?

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Zekira Drake

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Age: 15Joined: 08 Jun 2006Posts: 2004Location: Protecting thedragon-sign, the mostpoweful dragon artifact.

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*bleep*, all I lack is a soldering iron!

EDIT: Damn always gets censored >_>

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MetalHeadSpyroForum Member

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Quote:

*bleep* always gets censored >_>

Except for that. xD

Edit: Wow, it DID get censored!!

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bmahSpyroForum Member

Age: 20Joined: 19 Dec 2007Posts: 905Location: Edmonton AB,Canada

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Spyrorocks wrote:

Its a nice tutorial, but id say save yourself the trouble and just install truecrypt.

Thanks for the shortcut, but way to jack the thread. xD


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